Toy animal.



A.I.FRUEH. TOY ANIMAL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13 I915- Patented May 22,1917.

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TOY ANIMAL. APPLICATION FILED H'ILY 18. 191's.

Patented May 22, 1917.

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TOY ANiMAL.

APPLICATION F lLED JULY 18. 1916.

1,227,129. Patented May 22,1917.

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, BY W a'L 1 ATTORNEY rallty f UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ALFRED J. rnunn, or NEW "2031:, n. Y.

' TOY ANIMAL.

10 all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ALFRED J. FRUEH, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Animals, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

his invention relates to an improvement in toy animals, and has for oneof its objects to provide a toy animal consisting of a plu-v ofseparable parts or sections wherev by it may Other objects will in partbe obvious and in art be pointed out hereinafter.

o the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consistsin the novel details of construction, tion, connection and arrangementof parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings showing two illustrative embodiments of theinvention 4 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy animal constructedin accordance with the invention; I

Fig. 2 is a top view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the parts of the toy animalseparated;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified construction of the toyanimal;

Fig. 5 is'an end view thereof,

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the parts separated;

- Fig. 7 is a detail view of the foot structure shown in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 8 is a detail vlew of the head structure shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs 1, 2 'and 3 of the drawings, the toy animal, which forpurposes of illustration is shown in the form of a bear, has a bodycomprising a plurality of flat, longitudinal body sections 10, 11, 12,13 and 14, having their side surfaces parallel with one another. Theseveral body sections may be of the same thickness, or certain of themmay be thicker than the others, and, of course, the number of the bodysections employed may be varied as desired.

The several body sections are provided with transversely extendingperforations 15 registering with one another when the sections areproperly assembled, and'they are held in their assembled positions bymeans Specification of Letters Patent.

be taken apart and put together.-

and in the combina- Patented May 22; 1917.

Application filed July 18, 1916. I Serial No. 109,880.-

of pins 16 which extend through the registerlng perforations 15 andfrictionally engage the walls thereof. The length of each of the pins 16is e(}ual to the combined thickness of the severa body sections so thatthe ends of the pins will be flush with the outer side surfaces of theouter body sections.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the several legs and feet 17 of the toyanimal are formed lntegral with one another and with certain of the bodysections 10 and 14 so that their positions relatively to the body of theammal cannot be varied. I

The head section 18 of the animal'is preferably formed of a plurality offlat, longitudinal members, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, secured to oneanother by a pin 18, but it will, ofcourse, be understood that thesection 18 may be formed in one piece if de sired without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. The head section is provided withacentrally positioned, rearwardly extending portion 19 having a roundedrear -wall 20 shaped as an arc of a c rcle and adapted to form arotatable joint with a correspondingl curved recess 21 formed in thecentral b0 y section 12. The intermediate body sections 11 and 13 areprovided with forwardly extending portions 22 having rounded front walls23 shaped as arcs of a circle and adapted to form rotatable joints withcorrespondingly curved recesses 24 formed in the head section 18. Thehead section 18 is held in position'upon the body by means of. a pin 25frictionally engaging the perforations 26 formed in the projectingportions 22 of body sections 11 and 13,

and the perforation 27, formed in the pro jecting portion 19 of the headsection 18, it being understood that the perforations 26 and 27 willregister with "one another when. the head section 18 is properlypositioned with respect to the bodyformed by the assembled body sections10, ll, 12, 13 and 14.

The rounded rear wall 20 of the projecting portion 19 and the roundedfront walls 23 of the projecting portions 22 are shaped as arcs ofcircles of the same size, and the perforations 26 and 27 are so arrangedthat the pin 25 will-be at the centers of the circles of which the arcsare a part so that the head section 18 may be rotated about the pin 25to assume different positions relative to the body of the animal.

. Referring now to the modification of the invention as shown in Figs.4, and 6, in

" the legs are formed of which figures the toy'animal is shown asrepresenting a bear of a different typethan that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and3, the body of the animal comprises a plurality of flat, longitudinalbody sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 having registeringperforations 35 to frictiona'lly rece1ve pins 36 by means of which thebody sections are held together as above described with respect to Figs.1, 2 and 3. The head section 37 is rotatably mounted upon a pin 38 andisprovided with curved surfaces co-acting with correspondingly curvedsurfaces formed on certain of the body sections in the manner abovedescribed with respect to Figs. .1, 2 and 3.

' In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, thelegs of the animal are movable with respect toone another and withrespect to the body, and the feet are movable with, respect to. thelegs. As shown pairs of spaced leg sections 39 having their upper' ends40 rounded to form rotatable joints with correspondingly shaped recesses41 formed 1n the body sections 28, 30, 32 and 34, the leg members being\pivotally mounted upon pins 42 frictionally engaging registeringperforations 43 formed in the leg members 39'and in the body sections29, 31 and 33 respectively.

The lower ends 45 of the leg sections 39 are also rounded and formrotatable joints with correspondingly shaped recesses 46 formed in thefoot sections '47. Each of the foot sections 47, which is provided withan upwardly extending portion 48 positioned between the spaced legsections 39 of its coacting leg, is rotatably mounted upon a .pin

49 extending through registering perforations 50- and 51 formed in theleg sections 39 and in the portion 48 of the foot'section 47respectively. e

If desired the various sections of which the toy animals are composedmay be lettered or numbered to indicate the order in which they are tobe assembled in order to assist in the building up' of the completedanimal.

Having thus described my said invention what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A toy having the form of an animal comprising a plurality of bodysections assembled to form the body of the animal, said body sectionshaving perforations formed therein adapted to register with one anotherwhen said body sections are assembled, and

means. extending through said registering perforations and frictionallyengaging the walls thereof to hold said body sections assembled,substantially as specified.

2. A toy having the form of an animal comprisinga plurality of bodysections assembled to form the body of the animal,

sembled to form the body said body sections having perforations formedtherein adapted to register with one another when said .body sectionsareassembled, and removable means extending through said registeringperforations and frictionally engaging the walls thereof to hold saidbody sections assembled, substansurfaces of the outer body sections,substantially as specified.

4. A toy having the form 'of an animal comprising a body provided with arecess havin a rounded inner end, a head section provi ed'with aprojection extending within said recess, said pro ection havinga roundedend co-acting with the rounded inner end of said recess to form arotatable joint, and means rotatably supporting said head section uponsaid body, substantially as described.

5. A toy having the form of an animal comprising a plurality oflongitudinal body sections assembled to form the body of the animal,means to hold said body sections assembled, one of said body sectionsbein provlded with a rounded recess, others 0 said body sections beingprovided with projections extendlng beyond said recess, a head sectionhaving a rounded projection-co-acting with said recess to form arotatable joint,

and means extending through the project ons of said head sectionandsaidbody sections'for rotatably supporting said head secifziioi uponsaid body, substantially as specie 6. toy having the form of an animalcomprislng a plurality of longitudinal body sections assembled to formthe body of the animal, means to hold said body sections assembled, oneof said body sections being prov1ded with a rounded recess and certainothers of said body sections being provided with rounded projections, ahead section having a rounded projection co-acting with sa d recess androunded recesses co-acting with said first-named projections to form arotatable joint between said head section and said body sections, andremovable means rotatably supporting said head section upon said body,substantially as specified.

7.. toy having the form of an animal comprising a plurality oflongitudinal body iso sections assembled to form the body of the animal,means to holdsaid body sections assembled, certain of said body sectionsbeing provided with rounded recesses, leg sections having rounded upperends co-acting with said recesses to form rotatable joints, said legsections having rounded lower ends, andv detachable foot sectionspivotally secured to said leg sections and having rounded re- 10 cessesco-acting with the rounded lower ends thereof to form rotatable joints,substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the vcounty and State of New York,this 22d day one thousand vnine hundred and l of May, sixteen.

ALFRED J. FRUEH. Witnesses:

CONRAD A. Dm'rnnron, LOUIS B. HAsBRoUoK.

